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Show AAA A A O A A A A A A A I LIVES OF FOUR I SNUFFED OUT I AT CROSSING I ! Mothers Killed But Three Children Miraculously Are Alive PATHETIC SCENE& Train Crew Broken Up As Result of Crash Is Learned J J D. Burnett, sheriff of Davis county, coun-ty, announced this morning that a cot -oner's Jury would be Impaneled cither tins afternoon or tomorrow morning for the purpose of investigating the Vjj circumstances surrounding the death Of four persons, occupants of tfrm automobile driven by Mrs W. W. Steed Jr., .' truck by the Denver & Rib (Iran.le Western railroad train yesterday yester-day afternoon ut 4:30 o'clock at Clear- ' The dead are: Mrs. Jesse D Barlow, ' 25 years of age. Clearfield. Florence Beck. 11 years of age. sis-' sis-' ter of Mrs. Barlow and daughter of Alex Beck, Ccnterfield, San Pete county. l Grant Steed. 9 months of age, and 1 son of Mrs. W. W. Steed. Mra W W. Stee.l. Jr.. 30 years of i age. Clearfield, wife of W W Steed, 'a-shicr of the Clearfield State bank. THREE CHILDREN INJURED. , The injured at tho Dee Memorial hospital aro David Barlow. 2 years of age. Haven Jesse Barlow. D months of j age, children of the dead woman, Har-, Har-, old Steed, 3 years of age, son of Mrs. W. W. Steed, who was killed. Directed by Justice of the Peace J. M. Stead, brother-in-law of Mrs Walter Wal-ter W Steed, one of the women killed in the railroad crossing accident at Clearfield Tuesday afternoon, a cor-oni cor-oni i s jury will Investigate the circumstances circum-stances surrounding the tragedy. The inquest will be held at Clear-fild Clear-fild at 10 a. m.. tomorrow. Composing Com-posing the coroner's Jury will be A. T. smith. Jens K. Nelson and H. C. Blood, jof the Clearfield section of Davis 1 -"iinty. Sheriff Joseph D. Burnett said today. r'n! BABY TAKEN HOME. I Haven Barlow, the baby, escaped 'serious Injury and was taken to the home at Clearfield from the hospital last night. I David Jesse Barlow, 2 years of age, aiso escaped serious injury, the child's I Injuries consisting of slight bruises about tho body. Harold Steed. 3 yearn of age, sustained sus-tained a broken right leg between th ankle and knee. Tho child eras reported re-ported as resting easily at tho hospital hospi-tal today CHILDREN'S ESCAPE MIRACLE. Relatives that crowded the hospl-ital hospl-ital last night were at a loss to deter-imino deter-imino how the children escaped instant death in the crash, the automobile ibelng demolished. Both husbands were at the hospital prostrated with grief as the near rela-tlvea rela-tlvea did their utmost to comfort them IMr Steed knelt at his wife's bed and iheld her ln his arms as sho died. He was led from the room by tho attend-ant attend-ant nurses and comforted by his relatives. rela-tives. iliji'$i Upon his entry in'o the hospital J. iD. Barlow, assistant cashier of tho Clearfield State bank, broke down, asking what be had done to bring up-)on up-)on him such a catastrophe. According to witnesses among a Igroup of men that were working near 'the crossing at the time tho accident IH 01 curred the view of the railroad track l:i obstructed by the Smith Canning factory and a shipping depot that is near. I. MRS. STEED DRIVING. The Ford sedan was being driven by Mrs. Steed, who had called at the f Continued on Page Two) LIVES OF FOUR SNUFFED OUT (Continued From Pago One.) Barlow homo, located abr.ut one-hall jmlle Routh of the Smith Canning factory fac-tory for Mm Barlow to take her tc tho Clearfield store. Apparently the victims did not so' nor hear the train until It waa upor jthpm, running at a speed of about -1C miles per hour The bodies wore hurled throush th top of the car and the automobile was thrown to the south side of the track with such force that a telephone ipolc about ten feet distant was brok-en brok-en off, he wrecked car coming to rest ln a cattle guard about 60 feet distant. dis-tant. DIES AT HOSPITAL. I The body of Mrs Steed was thrown 'through the air and fell farthest I from where the collision occurred She was not Instantly killed, but lived until un-til 6:50 o'clock at the hospital, when she died 'I he train In charge of Conductor W 'TV. Arrles of Salt Lake and Engineer iBert King of Ogden, was only 'Drought to . stop after It had run about one-fourth one-fourth of a mile past the scene of the accident It was immediately moved back to tin. a.-i.n,. -.n.l th -i-n. niiiUfn.l lni flT. L Burton, a witness, and other-.brought other-.brought running to tho scene of the r'crash, placed tho dead and injured - aboard and the train proceeded tc . I Ogden. l TRAINMEN BREAK DOWN. it The bodies were removed to the ' Larkln undertaking parlors and the " Injured sent to the Den Memorial hospital, hos-pital, where they were attended by 'Dr A. Z. Paner of la ton and Dr. L ' S. Merrill ot Ogden. "When the train was brought to a stop both the conductor and engineer ! broke down when they discovered the ' result of the crash Mr. Burton a farmer or Clearfield, who saw the accident, said: i "I had been to the blacksmith shop land was driving south in my car up-jproaohlng up-jproaohlng the crossing I saw the other car approaehlng tho creasing from the opposite direction and heard ithe train whlsllo about a quarter of a mile down tbe track. I did not hear another warning before the crash. Mrs , Steed was drhlng throuch a eandy I Stretch of road and when I saw the (machine slow down I presumed that she wa-s about to stop. Sh-j did not do this, but must have shifted gear and started up the jcradc to cross the track The automobile v as about half way across the track when the engine struek It. POLE IS SH ATTKRFd). "The automobile was thrown to tho south side of the track, shattered a .telephone) pole about ten feet from the track and continued through tho air to land in a cattle guard between 00 and 75 feet away. The bodies of thoc in the automobiles were hurlcel through the air, that of Mrs. Steed falling about 165 feet away, and the bodies of tho remaining members of the party lying at varying distances away The train was traveling ut a apei 1 of about 36 miles an hour and was brought to a f-top about a quarter of a mile down tho track. Most of the bodlt'9 lay more than 50 feet from the track. "With other farmers I assisted In placing tho dead and Injured on the train, and we continued to Ogden." Mrs Barlo' waa 25 years of age and was the daughter of Mr and lrs. A A. Beck of Cen'.erfb Id. Sanpete county. She was popular at the University Uni-versity of Utah, where she was graduated grad-uated three years ago. She was married to Jesse D. Barlow, a volunteer volun-teer of the Sprague nmbulaneo company com-pany In tho world war. In January. 1920 She was a member of the board of the? North Davis stake Y. L-M. L-M. I. A- Bcsides her parents and husband. Mrs. Barlow Is survived by the two injured children and five brothers and flistcr.v. all of Contrrf leld. Sanpete county. They are Lueile, Floyd, La-vora, La-vora, Avery, Oenell, Grace, Marjorio and C).-car Heck. Miss Reck, th 11-year-old sister of Mrs. F.ari..u hud come t Clearfield from Centcrfleld to visit tho Barlow family. |